Recaps

After the Martial Saint’s strike in the Eastern Sea deterred the great forces, Jiang Ning withdrew into seclusion and perfected the Spirit Platform Illuminating True Self Method. He emerged with a transformed Spirit Soul and reached the threshold of the First Rank Mixed Origin Realm, while Su Qingying appeared before him.

• Jiang Ning told Li Tianwen that the Martial Saint had destroyed Xuan Yuan Blessed Land and struck in the Eastern Sea to deter their enemies and support him.
• Li Tianwen left the Imperial Advisor's Residence, privately resenting the Martial Saint’s favor toward Jiang Ning and recalling his former favoritism toward Junior Brother Xiao.
• The Yellow Robed Daoist told his Eight Trigrams-sword disciple that the Martial Saint might be too weak to fight him or might consider their forces unimportant.
• Jiang Ning entered seclusion and used Dragon Hibernation Spirit Liquid while cultivating the Spirit Platform Illuminating True Self Method.
• Jiang Ning fused the True Spirit Mark into his Spirit Soul, perfected the method, and gained greater control over himself, though his spirit remained stronger than his essence and qi.
• Su Qingying appeared in Jiang Ning’s courtyard as he realized he had reached the threshold of the First Rank Mixed Origin Realm.

After merging his True Spirit Mark, Jiang Ning found that his Spirit far outstripped his Essence and Qi, leaving him unable to reach First Grade by ordinary means. The Martial Saint taught him the ancient path of Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown and imparted its foundational Dharma, the Secret Record of Three Flowers.

• Su Qingying explained that merging the True Spirit Mark freed Jiang Ning from the fate of past and future lives, and Jiang Ning realized his Spirit had reached a level comparable to a Human Immortal.
• The Martial Saint summoned Jiang Ning, who traveled alone to the nameless mountain and entered the world containing the Thatched Hut.
• The Martial Saint identified the imbalance between Jiang Ning's Spirit, Essence, and Qi and warned that forcing them into ordinary balance would suppress his Spirit.
• The Martial Saint explained that Jiang Ning should cultivate Essence, Qi, and Spirit to their limits and nurture three Dao Flowers until they gathered at the crown and formed Mixed Origin.
• The Martial Saint tapped Jiang Ning between the brows and passed on the Secret Record of Three Flowers, a Dharma outlining how to nurture the three Dao Flowers.

Jiang Ning learned the Secret Record of Three Flowers, a method for balancing Essence, Qi, and Spirit, and asked the Prefecture Lord to help him cultivate inside the Cave Heaven. With the Prefecture Lord replenishing him with Cave Heaven origin, Jiang Ning condensed a six-petaled Essence Flower, reaching the limit of what he could manage.

• Jiang Ning understood that the Secret Record of Three Flowers could resolve the imbalance between his strong spirit and weak essence and qi.
• Jiang Ning chose to cultivate in the Cave Heaven and entered his Inner Scenery to master the method, impressing the Prefecture Lord.
• Jiang Ning began condensing his Essence Flower, repeatedly exhausting his blood qi as the Prefecture Lord replenished him with Cave Heaven origin.
• Jiang Ning first formed a three-petaled Red Flower, then used the Prefecture Lord's aid to grow it to five petals.
• Jiang Ning continued until his Essence Flower reached six complete petals, which he said was his limit.

Jiang Ning condensed the Golden Flower with the Prefecture Lord’s help, bringing him two-thirds of the way to Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown. After resting and treating the strain on his body, he began condensing the Spirit Flower, and its first three petals took shape.

• Jiang Ning repeatedly depleted and restored his True Essence until a six-petaled Golden Flower manifested above his head.
• Jiang Ning thanked the Prefecture Lord and planned to press on, but the Prefecture Lord made him rest and drink vitality-rich tea to remove hidden injuries.
• Jiang Ning drank tea for several hours, then returned to the courtyard to condense the Spirit Flower.
• Jiang Ning burned and purified his spiritual power while the Prefecture Lord replenished him with Grotto-heaven source energy.
• Jiang Ning formed the Spirit Flower’s first petal, then condensed the second and third petals.

Jiang Ning completed Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown, received the Martial Saint’s guidance on reaching the First Grade Hunyuan Realm, and returned to the Royal Capital with a major increase in Source Energy Points. He visited Five Fragrances Studio for sweets and brought lotus cake to Qing He at the Imperial Advisor’s Residence.

• Jiang Ning completed the Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown, harmonizing his Essence, Qi, and Spirit as the Martial Saint watched.
• The Martial Saint explained that Hunyuan was a self-sustaining domain formed by balancing Essence, Qi, and Spirit, and gave Jiang Ning a Prayer Bead containing his understanding of First Grade.
• Jiang Ning absorbed the Prayer Bead’s information, left the Cave Heaven World, and discovered that his Source Energy had increased to 467783.
• Jiang Ning concluded that he could enter the First Rank Mixed Origin Realm within a month and returned to the Royal Capital, where he learned that fifteen days remained until year-end.
• Jiang Ning bought sweets at Five Fragrances Studio and gave Qing He lotus cake when he arrived at the Imperial Advisor’s Residence.

After gaining the Three Flowers of Essence, Qi, and Spirit, Jiang Ning secluded himself to cultivate and discovered that the Spirit Flower greatly improved his training efficiency. Seven days later, he had nearly completed the Spirit Platform Illuminating True Self Method and prepared for its final breakthrough.

• Jiang Ning told Su Qingying he would close his doors to visitors and focus on seclusion while his Three Flowers continued transforming him.
• Jiang Ning realized his Essence, Qi, and Spirit were beginning to form a self-contained cycle resembling the Hunyuan Realm.
• Jiang Ning used Dragon Hibernation Spirit Liquid to cultivate the Spirit Platform Illuminating True Self Method and found that his Spirit Flower increased his gains.
• Jiang Ning spent seven days cultivating, bringing the method to 9766 out of 10000 experience points.
• Jiang Ning recovered his strength by drawing in energy from the surroundings and prepared to take the method through its final step.

Jiang Ning used Dragon Hibernation Spirit Liquid to complete the Spirit Platform Illuminating True Self Method’s first breakthrough, gaining the True Self as One trait and greatly increasing his cultivation efficiency. After cultivating day and night for three days, he reached the next experience threshold and spent twenty thousand Source Energy Points to begin another breakthrough.

• Jiang Ning cultivated with Dragon Hibernation Spirit Liquid until the Spirit Platform Illuminating True Self Method reached the Perfected Realm, then spent ten thousand Source Energy Points to break through.
• The breakthrough awakened the True Self as One trait, strengthened Jiang Ning’s spirit to the Nascent Soul Realm, and accelerated the growth of his Essence, Qi, and Spirit.
• Jiang Ning tested his new cultivation efficiency with more Dragon Hibernation Spirit Liquid and found that his experience gains had more than doubled.
• Jiang Ning devoted himself to cultivation, expecting the increased efficiency to hasten his entry into the First Rank Mixed Origin Realm.
• Three days later, after exhausting his Dragon Hibernation Spirit Liquid, Jiang Ning reached 20,000 experience points for the Spirit Platform Illuminating True Self Method’s First Breakthrough.
• Jiang Ning spent twenty thousand Source Energy Points to trigger the method’s next breakthrough.

Jiang Ning spent twenty thousand Source Energy Points to make a second breakthrough in the Spirit Platform Illuminating True Self Method, strengthening his spirit and accelerating his progress toward the First Rank Mixed Origin Realm. His breakthrough produced a citywide phenomenon that others mistakenly attributed to Su Qingying, while Jiang Ning gained the Light Gold Trait True Self is Unique and decided to keep his progress hidden.

• Jiang Ning triggered a vast resonance of True Spirit Fragments, and the Three Flowers manifested as his Spirit Soul and the beginnings of his Domain grew stronger.
• Su Qingying sensed Jiang Ning’s breakthrough, while Jiang Li, Jiang Yiming, Jiang Yuanyuan, and Xiao Doubao felt their spiritual strength and bloodlines respond.
• Experts and factions across the Royal Capital noticed the silver radiance and speculated that Su Qingying was advancing, with few suspecting Jiang Ning.
• Jiang Ning completed the second breakthrough, saw his progress toward the Mixed Origin Realm accelerate, and gained the Light Gold Trait True Self is Unique.
• Jiang Ning estimated that he might reach the First Rank Realm before year-end and resolved not to reveal his strength prematurely.

Jiang Ning discovered that his new Light Gold Trait greatly accelerated the Spirit Platform Illuminating True Self Method, and he committed to pushing it toward another breakthrough despite mounting spiritual exhaustion. Meanwhile, Qi Consort arrived secretly in the Royal Capital, and Jiang Ning resumed cultivation as night fell.

• Jiang Ning cultivated the Spirit Platform Illuminating True Self Method and found that his new Trait sharply increased his experience gains and the fusion of True Spirit Fragments.
• Jiang Ning gained nearly four thousand experience points in less than half a day, decided to focus on another breakthrough, and asked Qing He to bring him food.
• Qi Consort arrived at the Royal Capital on a Snow-Treading Green Steed and concealed her identity from the city guards, telling the general not to reveal her arrival.
• Jiang Ning saw that his method had reached 6337/30000 experience points and recognized that continued cultivation was causing deep mental and spiritual exhaustion.
• Jiang Ning resolved to keep cultivating because time was short and the efficiency boost could hasten his advance into the First Rank Mixed Origin Realm.

Jiang Ning reunited with Qingyi, who revealed her Taiyin Inheritance and spent the night with him before leaving unseen. Their intimacy improved his condition and cultivation, and he resolved to grow stronger as his understanding of Qingyi’s circumstances deepened.

• Jiang Ning noticed Qingyi descend from the moonlight and recognized her after she removed her bamboo hat.
• Qingyi told Jiang Ning she had come to find him and explained that the Taiyin Inheritance had left her body cold.
• After teasing one another, Jiang Ning and Qingyi spent the night together.
• Jiang Ning woke to find Qingyi gone and realized she had escaped the Imperial Advisor's Residence formation using extraordinary powers.
• Jiang Ning reflected on Qingyi’s Taiyin Inheritance and his feelings toward her, then decided he needed to strengthen himself to face what lay ahead.
• Jiang Ning cultivated in his Inner Scenery and raised his Spirit Platform Illuminating True Self Method experience from 10227 to 13167.

Jiang Ning completed the Third Breakthrough of the Spirit Platform Illuminating True Self Method, gaining the deep purple Trait Insight into True Spirit as his Three Flowers began forming an Inner World. The chapter left him testing the Trait and discovering that his cultivation efficiency had increased again.

• Jiang Ning meditated through the night, observed his Three Flowers resonating, and raised his Spirit Platform Illuminating True Self Method to its second limit break.
• Jiang Ning spent 50,000 Source Energy Points to trigger the Third Breakthrough, while the Imperial Advisor's Residence's Formation concealed the immense disturbance from the capital.
• Su Qingying, Jiang Li, and powerful figures across the Royal Capital sensed the Three Flowers and True Spirit phenomena and reacted to the disturbance.
• Jiang Ning's Spirit Soul opened silver eyes, allowing him to perceive the subtleties of his Essence, Qi, Spirit, and the forming Inner World.
• Jiang Ning gained the deep purple Trait Insight into True Spirit and resumed cultivation, where the experience prompts showed his efficiency had increased again.

Jiang Ning cultivated the Spirit Platform Illuminating True Self Method while awaiting Luyi and Zhong Ling, then used his heightened perception to track the formation of his Inner World. On New Year's morning, he broke through to the First Rank Mixed Origin Realm and gained a domain that sealed in his power and repelled outside auras.

• Jiang Ning continued cultivating at the Imperial Advisor's Residence, rapidly accumulating Experience Points in the Spirit Platform Illuminating True Self Method.
• Luyi and Zhong Ling arrived from Dongling City, and Jiang Ning welcomed them into the residence.
• Jiang Ning activated [Insight into True Spirit] and saw his Three Flowers cycle forming an Inner World, predicting it would stabilize within three days.
• Jiang Ning spent the following days cultivating as the Inner World solidified, while the Royal Capital prepared for New Year's.
• On New Year's morning, the Three Flowers fused with Jiang Ning's body, completing his Inner World and forming a domain around him.
• Jiang Ning confirmed his breakthrough to the First Grade Mixed Origin Realm and demonstrated the force of his newly controlled breath.

After reaching the Mixed Origin Realm, Jiang Ning celebrated the New Year with his family and Su Qingying at the Imperial Advisor's Residence. He discovered that his breakthrough had strengthened Jiang Li, Xiao Doubao, and Jiang Yiming, then invited Su Qingying to visit friends with him.

• Jiang Ning noticed that Jiang Li and Xiao Doubao had grown stronger while he was in seclusion, and Jiang Li said Jiang Yiming had also advanced to Internal and External Cultivation.
• Jiang Ning told the family he would remain in the Royal Capital and arranged for Jiang Yiming to cultivate at the Dao Palace after the New Year.
• Jiang Li gave everyone New Year Money, Jiang Ning gave Xiao Doubao a purse, and Su Qingying gave Xiao Doubao a jade pendant and Jiang Yiming the Divine Sword Art.
• Jiang Ning sparred with Jiang Li and saw how much his brother's strength had improved.
• Jiang Ning invited Su Qingying to visit friends with him, and she went to change into festive clothes.
• Jiang Yiming studied the Divine Sword Art but decided he could not spare time to learn another martial art.

Jiang Ning and Su Qingying visited Xiang Yuan and Xiao Wuque before strolling through the year-end temple fair. Meanwhile, Ji Minghao and Ji Mingyue visited Jiang Ning’s family, and the chapter ended with Xiao Doubao bringing Jiang Ning and Ji Mingyue’s hands together.

• Jiang Ning and Su Qingying visited Xiang Yuan, who said the northern barbarians had been unusually quiet and that the frontier was stable for now.
• Jiang Ning and Su Qingying visited Xiao Wuque, who warned Jiang Ning that the Eastern Sea’s uneasy peace might not last and urged him to prepare.
• Jiang Ning bought Su Qingying a hairpin at the temple fair before they sensed visitors at the Imperial Advisor’s residence.
• Ji Minghao and Ji Mingyue arrived at the residence, gave gifts and New Year money to Jiang Ning’s family, and waited for him to return.
• Jiang Ning and Su Qingying returned, and Xiao Doubao took Jiang Ning and Ji Mingyue by the hand and brought their hands together.

Jiang Ning declined the emperor’s year-end banquet invitation and cultivated as his Inner World grew more stable through the circulation of sun and moon. Qingyi refused the Old King’s summons and concealed the truth about her union with Jiang Ning, while Jiang Ning ended the day sharing a warm meal with his family.

• Ji Minghao invited Jiang Ning and the Imperial Advisor to the palace banquet, but Jiang Ning declined to focus on cultivation and heard that the emperor’s health had worsened.
• Qingyi refined the lingering benefit of her union with Jiang Ning, then refused Shadow Elder’s request that she return to the Qi King’s residence.
• Shadow Elder warned Qingyi that the Old King would soon emerge from seclusion and report her words to him, while Qingyi remained resolved not to reveal what had happened.
• Jiang Ning cultivated and strengthened his Inner World as his Spirit Platform Illuminating True Self Method gained experience and his sun and moon harmonized.
• Jiang Ning joined his family for lunch at the Imperial Advisor’s Residence and felt at peace with their warm gathering.

Jiang Ning spent New Year’s Eve with his family in the Royal Capital, then traveled to Luoshui City to visit his former master, Wang Jin. After sharing wine and giving Wang Jin three Foundation Cultivation Pills, Jiang Ning departed into the snowy night, leaving Wang Jin amazed at how far he had advanced.

• Jiang Ning cultivated in the Imperial Advisor's Residence and felt his Mixed Origin Domain growing more complete.
• Jiang Ning celebrated the year-end with his family, shared a meal, and watched fireworks with Su Qingying and the others.
• Jiang Ning used his Domain and the Great Five Elements Water Escape Art to travel from the Royal Capital to Luoshui City in less than half a two-hour period.
• Jiang Ning arrived at Canglang Martial Hall and reunited with Wang Jin, who welcomed him and shared wine with him.
• Jiang Ning gave Wang Jin a jade bottle containing three Foundation Cultivation Pills before leaving into the snowy night.

After visiting Lu Qingshan and making several stops, Jiang Ning returned to the Imperial Advisor’s Residence and continued cultivating. He broke through the Spirit Platform Illuminating True Self Method’s fourth limit, gained the golden Trait Three Essences United, and sensed that his family’s Essence, Qi, and Spirit were growing through their blood connection.

• Lu Qingshan watched Jiang Ning leave Medicine King Valley and resolved to draw closer to Wang Jin after the New Year.
• Jiang Ning visited Dongling City, returned to the Royal Capital at midnight, and met Qing He at the Imperial Advisor’s Residence.
• Jiang Ning cultivated through the night until his Spirit Platform Illuminating True Self Method reached the threshold for another limit break.
• Jiang Ning spent 100,000 Source Energy Points to break through the method’s limits, recover his True Spirit essence, and unite his Three Flowers into a single Hunyuan light.
• Jiang Ning gained the golden Trait Three Essences United and tested how he could transform and redistribute his Essence, Qi, and Spirit at will.
• Jiang Ning sensed that Jiang Li, Jiang Yiming, and Xiao Doubao were growing stronger through their bloodline connection to him.

Jiang Ning and Qingyi’s reunion strengthened his cultivation through their Yin-Yang union, while Qingyi revealed that the Old King of the Qi King’s Mansion would soon emerge from seclusion. Jiang Ning resolved to protect her and examined his improved Three Essences United state, then considered which skills to advance next to prepare for the coming threat.

• Jiang Ning sensed Qingyi’s arrival and welcomed her into his home, where they spent the night together.
• Qingyi told Jiang Ning that the Old King would soon emerge from seclusion and that she might return to the Qi King’s Mansion; Jiang Ning urged her to stay and promised to face the Old King if necessary.
• Jiang Ning discovered that their union had stabilized his Inner World, improved his cultivation, and raised his Source Energy Points above three hundred thousand.
• Jiang Ning realized that the Old King might have targeted Qingyi for her Taiyin Inheritance and resolved to protect her from being used as a means to break through.
• Jiang Ning examined how Three Essences United had harmonized his Essence, Qi, and Spirit, and estimated that they would reach full balance by the next day.
• Jiang Ning decided to prioritize combat strength over advancing the Spirit Platform Illuminating True Self Method and considered developing his Four Seasons Treasure Scroll and Nine Nether Tribulation Fire True Art.

Jiang Ning cultivated the Nine Nether Tribulation Fire True Art and discovered that drawing in Great Sun True Fire advanced both the art and his Inner Alchemy Nourishing Life Skill. He agreed to let Qingyi stay at the Imperial Advisor's Residence, then hurried to retrieve the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Fragmentary Scroll Hongmian had obtained for him.

• Jiang Ning used the Nine Nether Tribulation Fire True Art to cleanse and temper his body while preserving his emotions, then drew in Great Sun True Fire to refine his Inner Elixir and gain cultivation experience.
• Jiang Ning explained the art's origins and body-tempering effects to Qingyi, then offered to take her to meet Su Qingying and ask for permission for her to stay.
• Jiang Ning told Su Qingying about Qingyi and the threat posed by the Shoulder-to-Shoulder King, and Su Qingying agreed to let Qingyi stay.
• Qingyi thanked Su Qingying and asked to talk with her, so Jiang Ning left them together.
• Hongmian told Jiang Ning she had placed the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Fragmentary Scroll in his room, and he hurried there to retrieve it.

Jiang Ning studied the Twenty-Four Solar Term fragments and swiftly mastered the Autumn Season and Winter Season Treasure Scrolls, completing the Four Seasons set. Realizing the four scrolls were still at unequal levels and could not yet achieve Four Seasons Unity, he set that goal aside and turned to advancing the Nine Nether Tribulation Fire True Art while the sun was high.

• Jiang Ning opened the wooden chest and found all Twenty-Four Solar Term fragments gathered inside.
• Jiang Ning mastered the six autumn fragments, which combined into the Autumn Season Treasure Scroll at the Perfected Realm.
• Jiang Ning cultivated the six winter fragments outdoors in the snow, bringing the Winter Season Treasure Scroll to the Perfected Realm.
• Jiang Ning reviewed the four seasonal scrolls and realized their unequal realms prevented him from achieving Four Seasons Unity.
• Jiang Ning decided to set aside the Four Seasons Treasure Scrolls and advance the Nine Nether Tribulation Fire True Art under the high sun.

Jiang Ning cultivated the Nine Nether Tribulation Fire True Art, broke through to gain the Water Fire Two Tribulation Body, and reflected on the art’s later stages. Elsewhere, Xia Xuanyan learned that the Curse Kill Altar was ready to target Jiang Ning once it obtained his blood, flesh, or hair.

• Jiang Ning drew spiritual energy and Great Sun True Fire into his body while cultivating the Nine Nether Tribulation Fire True Art, refining his Inner Elixir and strengthening his body.
• Jiang Ning spent 100,000 Source Energy Points to break through, enduring successive water and fire tribulations that transformed his physique.
• Jiang Ning saw that he had gained the Water Fire Two Tribulation Body and recalled Grand Celestial Venerable’s descriptions of the art’s three chapters.
• Xia Xuanyan arrived at a distant mountain platform and asked whether the Curse Kill Altar was prepared to target Jiang Ning.
• The decrepit old woman told Xia Xuanyan that the altar was ready and needed only Jiang Ning’s blood, flesh, hair, or similar material.

Xia Xuanyan arranged for the Heaven Cry Cult Master to curse Jiang Ning from afar, intending to torment him until he agreed to join Profound Yellow Great Cave Heaven. After the first curse needle struck the doll, Jiang Ning suddenly felt pain in his heart and realized he had been injured.

• Xia Xuanyan met the Heaven Cry Cult Master at Heaven Cry Mountain and explained that he wanted to punish Jiang Ning for refusing to join his family.
• Xia Xuanyan gave the Heaven Cry Cult Master a strand of Jiang Ning's hair, and she used it to create a doll for the curse ritual.
• The Heaven Cry Cult Master drove the first needle into the doll and agreed to continue the curse in stages in exchange for Profound Yellow Great Qi Pills.
• After Xia Xuanyan departed, the Heaven Cry Cult Master told the Old Woman that his real goal was to make Jiang Ning submit and join Profound Yellow Great Cave Heaven.
• At the Imperial Advisor's Residence, Jiang Ning suffered sudden chest pain, spat blood-flecked froth, and sensed that he had been injured despite finding no wound.

Jiang Ning discovered that a curse was slowly eroding his body, but found that the Ice Coffin could completely isolate it and let him recover. He concealed his resistance from Su Qingying and his family as visitors arrived, leaving Qingyi worried by the curse she sensed in him.

• Jiang Ning recognized the obscure energy attacking his heart as curse power and realized someone was using a slow-acting Curse Killing Art against him.
• Jiang Ning entered the Ice Coffin and found that closing its lid stopped the curse; he restored his body before emerging and confirming that the curse had returned.
• The Blind Old Man detected that Jiang Ning had been cursed, judged the method nearly impossible to counter, and sent messages toward the imperial palace, Martial Saint Manor, and other places.
• Su Qingying visited Jiang Ning after hearing from the Heavenly Surveillance Bureau, and he pretended the curse posed no serious threat while hiding his ability to resist it.
• Jiang Ning reassured Liu Wanwan that the curse was only a small problem, but Qingyi sensed the curse in his body and looked troubled.

Jiang Ning concealed his ability to resist the curse while discussing its dangers with Qingyi, Xiao Wuque, and Xiang Yuan. Emperor Changning learned Jiang Ning had been cursed and sent aid, while Ji Mingyue went to see him; Jiang Ning’s allies then approved his plan to feign weakness and lure his hidden enemy into lowering its guard.

• Qingyi examined Jiang Ning’s curse, suppressed its spread with the power of Taiyin, and decided to live with him and help keep it at bay.
• Xiao Wuque told Xiang Yuan that Jiang Ning had already reached the First Rank Mixed Origin Realm, giving him some resistance to the curse, though his chances remained uncertain.
• Emperor Changning learned Jiang Ning had been cursed, abandoned a plan against him, and ordered Steward Hai to send Nine Revolutions Returning Yang Grass and Saint Hand Wang to help.
• Ji Mingyue asked Emperor Changning whether Jiang Ning could survive, then insisted on going to see him.
• Xiao Wuque and Xiang Yuan visited Jiang Ning, who explained that he was deliberately letting the curse appear to corrode him so his hidden enemy would not strengthen it.
• Xiao Wuque agreed that Jiang Ning’s feigned weakness could numb his enemy’s vigilance and avoid provoking it to pay a greater price.

Jiang Ning and his allies planned to conceal how well he could resist the curse, while Saint Hand Wang diagnosed its stages and warned that it could soon threaten Jiang Ning’s organs, Dantian, and Spirit Soul. After receiving a Life Elixir and three stalks of Nine Revolutions Returning Yang Grass, Jiang Ning reassured Ji Mingyue and Ji Minghao, who promised to help him survive.

• Jiang Ning told Xiao Wuque and Xiang Yuan that his Mixed Origin Domain and Qingyi’s Taiyin power could slow the curse, while Xiao Wuque suspected Jiang Ning had a way to resolve it.
• Ji Minghao and Ji Mingyue arrived with Steward Hai, who said The Emperor had sent three stalks of Nine Revolutions Returning Yang Grass and asked Saint Hand Wang to examine Jiang Ning.
• Saint Hand Wang diagnosed the curse as progressing through three stages, warned that it could reach Jiang Ning’s organs within seven to ten days, and gave him a Life Elixir to delay its advance.
• Ji Mingyue asked Saint Hand Wang for more Life Elixirs, but he said only two remained for The Emperor and the ingredients could no longer be found.
• Jiang Ning swallowed the Life Elixir, felt his pain ease, and declined Ji Mingyue’s offer to seek another because The Emperor needed the remaining pills more.
• Ji Minghao promised to help Jiang Ning for Ji Mingyue’s sake and as his friend, then urged Jiang Ning to take Ji Mingyue for a walk and hear what she wanted to say.